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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Koji Takeuchi, Toyota, JP;
Masanori Tokuda, Miyoshi, JP;
Masaho Ishida, Toyota, JP;
Junya Fukuta, Nagoya, JP;
Ryuichi Soya, Yokohama, JP;
Ovidiu Marius Chicea, Sibiu, RO;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
Provided is a vehicle-exit assist apparatus including: a target information acquisition device () configured to acquire target information on a target existing on a rear side of an own vehicle; and a control unit () configured to execute vehicle-exit assist control. The control unit is configured to: determine, based on the target information, whether an interference target which is liable to interfere with the safe exit of the occupant from the own vehicle during a vehicle stop is detected; determine, when a vehicle-exit assist condition which is satisfied at least when the interference target is detected is satisfied, whether a specific condition is satisfied, the specific condition being satisfied when at least a part of the interference target exists in a rear-side vehicle width region; execute the vehicle-exit assist control when the specific condition is not satisfied; and avoid executing the vehicle-exit assist control when the specific condition is satisfied.